Online Kansas Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Kansas Death Indexes, Cemetery Burials and Obituaries

Kansas Newspapers Obituaries Archive (recent) (copies of individual obituaries can be ordered online for a fee) includes...
- Lawrence Journal-World (10/11/1989-Current)
- Manhattan Mercury (5/1/1997-Current)
- Olathe Daily News (12/22/2006-Current)
- Salina Journal (10/12/2005-Current)
- Topeka Capital-Journal (10/1/2001-Current)
- Wichita Eagle (10/2/1984-Current)
- and 9 other Kansas newspapers

Death Notices of Members of Kansas Fraternal Orders (50,000 entries)
includes the Ancient Order of United Workmen, 1879-1908; Knights of Pythias, 1877-1918; Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 1873-1970; Rebekah Assembly of the IOOF, 1891-1953

Barton County: Obituary Index for the Great Bend Tribune 1992-2003 Great Bend, Kansas
Barton County Index of Obituaries & Death Notices 1925-1999
Chase County Death & Obituary Index 1863-1999
Cowley County Cemeteries
Crawford County: Pittsburg Morning Sun Obituaries Index 1975-2004
Decatur County Cemeteries
Decatur County: Registered Deaths 1885-1911 & 1880 Mortality Schedule
Ellsworth County: Kanopolis Cemetery Index Kanopolis, Kansas
Franklin County Genealogy Indexes includes obituaries
Gove County Cemeteries
Graham County Cemeteries
Greenwood County: Records of the J. S. Maben Mortuary, Severy, Kansas 1901-1952
Johnson County: Obituaries, Death Notices, News Articles & Probate Notices Taken from Johnson County, KS Newspapers 1860-1907 (not complete)
Johnson County Obituaries Index 1977-present (work in progress; presently includes surnames A-C)
Lincoln County: Obituary Index 1873-2002
Lincoln County Death Register 1886-1989
Lyon County Vital Records and other Genealogy Indexes from the Flint Hills Genealogical Society; includes...
- Emporia Gazette Death Notices Index 1892-1999
- Early Lyon County Death Records Index 1885-1899
- Americus, Kansas Funeral Home Records 1899-1910
- Some Cemetery Burial Indexes
- Census Mortality Schedules 1860, 1870, 1880
Neosho County: City of Chanute Cemetery Burials
Norton County: Lenora Cemetery Association Indexes
Osage County Probate Records Index
Ottawa County: Obituary Index for the Minneapolis Messenger 1920-2003 Minneapolis, Kansas
Rooks County: Obituary Index for the Plainville Times 1888-1976 Plainville, Kansas
Saline County: Gypsum Cemetery Burials in Salina, Kansas
Sedgwick County & Wichita...
- Sedgwick County: Wichita, Kansas Death Index 1887-1910
- Sedgwick County: Wichita Eagle & Beacon Obituary Index 1955-2006
Shawnee County & Topeka...
- Shawnee County: Topeka State Hospital Cemetery Burials
- Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Obituaries Index click on "obituary index" when you get there; covers 1906-1935 and 2004-present with a few from 1936-2003
Sheridan County Cemeteries
Trego County Cemeteries
Wilson County: W.A. Rankin Memorial Library Obituary Index ca. 1870-present (ongoing project) Neodesha, Kansas
Wyandotte County Cemeteries PDF files that index 6 cemeteries

Also... Kansas Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment)
includes census, military & vital records, plus newspapers & city directories

Ordering Kansas Vital Records

Order Kansas Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Certificates Online from Vitalchek (fees and restrictions apply) birth & death certificates are available from July 1, 1911 to the present; marriage certificates from May 1, 1913-present; divorce certificates July 1, 1951-present
Order Kansas Birth, Marriage, Divorce & Death Certificates by Mail - Kansas Department of Health & Environment (fees and restrictions apply) same dates as above

Online Kansas Death Records & Indexes

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